776 



FAMILY XXXIX. — BUPRESTID.-E. 



dwell ;ind Posey eonnties; scarce. April 2!)-June 15. One 



spcciiiicii (111 Ihe later date from flowers of Corniis. 



1478 (454!)). 'I'liRoscus constrictor Say, Trans. Amer. Pliil. Soc, VI, 1S36, 

 ISU; ibid. II, G29. 

 Oblong, convex. KeiMisli lirown to piceons, moderately shining, sparsely 

 pubescent. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, rather strongly narrowed 

 in front, sides feebly cnrved ; surface coarsely and rather closely punctate, 

 and strongly depressed each side on basal third. Elytra not wider than 

 thorax, finely striate, stri;e punctate; intervals Hat, each with two rows of 

 sparse, rather line punctures. Length 2.5-.". nmi. 



IMarion and Perry counties; rare. June 12. Occurs from Can- 

 a,da, to Georgia on iiowers and leaves of May-apple and other low 

 herbs. 



*1471) (45.".",). Throscus ciievrolati Ronv., Monog. Throscidae, 1859, 21. 



Oblong, convex. Reddish-brown, clothed with rather 

 coarse, yellowish pubescence. Clypeus with two distinct par- 

 allel carinas. Thorax nearly twice as wide as long, much 

 narrowed in front, widest in front of hind angles, which 

 arc prolonged and indistinctly cariuate; surface rather finely 

 and sparsely punctate, the basal region not depressed. Ely- 

 tra slightly narrower than thorax, somewhat narrower be- 

 hind the middle ; surface with distinctly impressed and 

 l)unctate striae; intervals each with two rows of line punc- 

 tures. Length 2.5-2.8 mm. (Fig. 293.) 



Throiighont the State ; frequent. Jannary 21-No- 

 vemher IS. Hibernates biar'ath rubliij^h. Readily I'miVvii by its 

 obli(|ii('ly impi'cssed I'yes aiid bicariiiate front. 



Family XXXIX. lUd'KESTID.E. 



The ^Metallic Wood-boking I^eetees. 



A family of moderate extent, comprising beetles which vary 

 much in shajH' and size. The larger ones are usually ol)long ellip- 

 tical and somewhat liattened. while many of the smaller species are 

 either elongate and subcylindrical or short and ovate. Their bodies 

 ai'e hard and inliexible. with usually a bronzed or metallic surface. 

 The antenna' are short, rather slender and finely but distinctly ser- 

 rate. Many of them resemble tlie click beetles in general form, but 

 have the thorax and abdomen firndy muted, so that they have no 

 ]iovver of leajjing. 



The Buprestida- are i)reeminently a tropical family, and in the 

 torrid regions reach a large size and reflect the light from their 

 polished bodies with ;',n almost dazzling brilliancy. The adults of 



